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Hi @Butterscotch Beluga, please can you explain why you reverted my comment on Relations between Nazi Germany and the Arab world due to a violation of the Arab-Israel content restrictions? Obviously I understand that a lot of the Husseini stuff is a point of discourse, but what I wrote is not related to anything with that. It's discussing Hitler and Mussolini and the Arabs, which is obviously a small-c contentious matter, but I don't see where my comment specifically relates to the Arab-Israeli conflict. I note that the talk page notice states that only parts of the article relate to the Contentious Topic area. Please could you elaborate? Thanks! Meluiel (talk) 01:20, 22 December 2024 (UTC)Reply
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Hi Meluiel. Thank you for your work on Silphium Press. Another editor, MPGuy2824, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:
not mentioned in target page
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Latest comment: 11 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion
This is just a note to say thank you for the listicle(s) improvement (here et al) and a twofer - thanks for all the auxiliary template edits, and a question: did you find this clean-up easy? After reworking the listicles, I wanted them to be accessible for everyone to update, there just aren't many who have. Kingsif (talk) 21:32, 20 June 2025 (UTC)Reply
Hey, thanks for the messsage:) I'll be totally honest, it was pretty disorienting figuring out exactly what pages I needed to change, following the breadcrumbs in comments etc to try and figure out which other pages I also needed to edit — it was difficult to tell if I had missed any. To a certain extent that's my fault, not really noticing the documentation section of the Overview template. Maybe the fact that that template has essential instructions to be followed could be made clearer in the various hidden notes on the list pages, I don't know. I wouldn't call my clean-up "easy", but then again it's always going to be hard maintaining these sorts of inter-reliant templates; how "easy" can it realistically ever be? Meluiel (talk) 15:01, 21 June 2025 (UTC)Reply
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Hi, Meluiel! At 11:35, 16 June 2024 you made an edit where you said you removed material that violated copyright. Thank you for caring about intellectual property rights. Would you happen to know the source of the copyrighted material? If you let me know, I'll flag the talk page so no one makes that mistake again. Stay fabulous! Oona Wikiwalker (talk) 20:49, 24 July 2025 (UTC)Reply
@Meluiel, I'm very happy to correct this, but I don't have access to Mr. Ahmida's book. I checked the Wikipedia library and they don't have it either. Google books doesn't offer a preview. Would you happen to have the book? Oona Wikiwalker (talk) 18:53, 29 July 2025 (UTC)Reply
Unfortunately the Wikipedia Library doesn't have access to Routledge books, but I do have a copy. If you want you can email me and I'll send you the necessary parts. Meluiel (talk) 02:04, 30 July 2025 (UTC)Reply
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Thanks, I have replied. As I've already checked through several of Ahmida's works for infringement in the article, I chose not to attach anything from the book, as I'm not sure what specifically would be needed for further edits. Meluiel (talk) 02:42, 31 July 2025 (UTC)Reply
Hi, @Meluiel. Got you reply, and thanks for the promptness! All I need is the parts that prompted you to claim a copyright violation. You did say in your email, "I've already checked through and cleaned the article of copyright infringement, checking especially closely for passages taken from several of Ahmida's works (including Genocide in Libya), so you don't need to do anything yourself," but this hasn't been done.
I never meant to pressure you; please don't feel stressed. If it's not possible for you to send me the parts of the book you think have been plagiarized, then please just tell me which pages are needed to verify this and I'll get them from a researcher. If you were mistaken, please don't feel bad. At least you care about copyrights! And we all make mistakes. All. The. Time. Join the party and stay fabulous! Oona Wikiwalker (talk) 03:41, 31 July 2025 (UTC)Reply
Okay, thanks for explaining. I've sent you another email. For the copyright violating parts, it's easiest if I just link you the copyright problems page report that I made after discovering the copyvio on the article: Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2024 June 14. It has everything I found, with corresponding page numbers. Meluiel (talk) 04:26, 31 July 2025 (UTC)Reply
@Meluiel, kudos to you for doing the heavy lifting on this! I've verified everything you said. I placed a warning in the talk page banner against plagiarizing from Mr. Ahmida's book, as well as a link to it as a chapter in an encyclopedia on world genocide. I've also requested that the revision history containing the plagiarized material be deleted. That should remove from Wikipedia servers all of his material that was plagiarized into this article. I've read only the parts of the book you sent me that relate to this issue. I've placed the book in the trash and emptied the trash. I do want to read it, but I'll get it from a source that pays Mr. Ahmida proper royalties. Thank you, again, for bringing this issue up so it can be fixed! And, really: stay fabulous! Oona Wikiwalker (talk) 22:21, 31 July 2025 (UTC)Reply
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On 2 September 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Arch of the Philaeni, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Arch of the Philaeni(pictured) drew parallels between the dictator Benito Mussolini and the Roman emperor Augustus? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Arch of the Philaeni. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Arch of the Philaeni), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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Two weeks ago, the 2025 Developing Countries WikiContest came to a close! After three months of stiff competition at the top of the leaderboard, we have our winners. vigilantcosmicpenguin (submissions), continuing his work on covering abortion in Africa, comes in third with 692 points. simongraham (submissions) comes in second with 763 points, largely from a slew of good articles about jumping spiders. And returning to the podium for the second year in a row, BeanieFan11 (submissions) takes the Gold Belt Buckle with a mind-boggling 946 points from his series of articles on sportpersons. Congratulations to our winners!
Amazingly, the award for the most countries covered goes to both BeanieFan11 (submissions) and simongraham (submissions), who each submitted articles under 30 flags! BeanieFan11 (submissions) also wins for writing the most quality articles (16 good articles). For submitting 16 articles related to El Salvador, PizzaKing13 (submissions) wins the award for most submissions under one country. The award for most submissions related to women goes to both Spookyaki (submissions) (7 biographies about women) and vigilantcosmicpenguin (submissions) (21 related articles). And for the second year, simongraham (submissions) wins for the most reviews, having submitted 21!
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Hello, I'm cooking up a page on Italian colonial architecture in my sandbox, and eventually want to try to publish it. But I have no clue what to do with the redirect that's currently in place! Should I just blank the page to create a red link? I'm only asking you because you put the redirect in place, and might know the mechanics better. Also, if you're working on a page for It. colonial architecture yourself, I'd love to collaborate with you! Theodore Christopher (talk) 15:55, 6 February 2026 (UTC)Reply
Hi! Honestly I don't really know, the current Colonial architecture page is a mess. I guess just replace it with a summary and use a Template:Main hatnote once your sandbox page is published. I probably can't put much work in to collaborate, as I'm not editing much nowadays, but would be more than happy to read it through and give advice. Meluiel (talk) 21:50, 6 February 2026 (UTC)Reply
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The Developing Countries WikiContest Gold Belt Buckle
Hey Meluiel, it's almost that time again! The Developing Countries WikiContest will be returning for its third year, and the coordinator team is looking for experienced content contributors willing to volunteer. The coordinators are responsible for keeping the contest running and its pages—including participants' submissions, the points leaderboard, and the list of eligible articles—updated.
The redirect Silphium Press has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 May 29 § Silphium Press until a consensus is reached. Rusalkii (talk) 17:49, 29 May 2025 (UTC)
under review. See the review page for more information. This may take up to 7 days; feel free to contact the reviewer with any questions you might have. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Grnrchst -- Grnrchst (talk) 12:11, 22 July 2025 (UTC)
on hold, as the article needs some changes. See the review page for more information. If these are addressed within 7 days, the nomination will pass; otherwise, it may fail. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Grnrchst -- Grnrchst (talk) 13:23, 23 July 2025 (UTC)
passed; congratulations! See the review page for more information. If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Grnrchst -- Grnrchst (talk) 09:04, 31 July 2025 (UTC)
vigilantcosmicpenguin (submissions) – 229 points, back with a number of articles on abortion in various African countries.
PizzaKing13 (submissions) – 200 points, with five GAs on articles relating to Salvadoran politics, history, and griddle cakes.
BeanieFan11 (submissions) – 168 points from a few GAs, a few DYKs, and a few ITNs on athletes from a variety of countries.
simongraham (submissions) comes in second with 763 points, largely from a slew of good articles about jumping spiders. And returning to the podium for the second year in a row, 
